Notes and Queries

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NOTES AND QUERIES.

T?lote?.

Memorial op Brig.-Gen. du Poetail to General Washington, dated

Valley Forge, January 18, 1778, relates to fortifications, the formation of companies of Sappers, their duties, and the selection and training of their officers; the need of more than four engineer officers, and the

appointment of the Chev* de Villefranche. The following English trans lation was made by Col. John Laurens of Washington's staff:

If Fortification is necessary in any Armies, it is peculiarly so in

those, which like ours, from a deficiency in the practice of Manoeuvres cannot oppose any to those of the Enemy?being necessitated therefore to receive him on their own ground, they ought always to be protected by a natural or artificial Fortification, if it were only to have (under favor of the resistance of this fortification) sufficient time to ascertain the Result of the Enemys movements?where his principal force is directed?and where his greatest effort is to be made?with respect to natural fortifications all Situations do not afford it?and to rely intirely upon it, would involve prodigious constraint in the choice of

Positions, and exclude many excellent ones consider^ relatively to the

operations of War?it is therefore much more advantageous to have recourse to artificial Fortification which is applicable in all Situations?

The very great difficulties which I experienced in the last Campaign, both in setting on foot the most simple work and having it executed

with the necessary Conditions, induce me to propose to His Excellency an establishment which is absolutely indispensable, if he chooses to derive hereafter those succours from Fortification which it holds out to him?

I would desire to have three Companies of Sappers formed?they should be instructed in every thing that relates to the Construction of

Field works?how to dispose of the Earth?to cut the Slopes?face with Turf or Sods?make fascines?arrange them properly?cut and fix Palisades &ca The Sappers should be distributed in the different works, and a sufficient number of fatiguemen drawn from the Line should be

joined to them to work under their direction, by which means, the works would be executed with a perfection and celerity which otherwise will ever be unknown in this army?it is I believe altogether useless to

enlarge upon a matter so obvious?I proceed therefore immediately to the principal Conditions on which this Corps should be formed?

1st The pay ought to be greater than that of the ordinary foot

Soldier, because the Service is exceedingly hard?this is the practice in

Europe, and they receive besides extraordinary pay, when they work? Choice ought to be made of vigorous Soldiers and the preference should be given to Carpenters and Masons?

2. The Non commissioned Officers ought all to read and write, and be

intelligent persons of good Characters.

3. The Companies of Sappers ought to be altogether under the Com mand of the Head Engineer?for if the Major Generals had a right to

employ them as the[y] pleased, each from a desire of fortifying his

Camp in his own way, would ask for Sappers and they would all be taken from the Engineers?Besides as such partial works do not enter



376 Notes and Queries.

into the general plan of the Position, they are for the most part useless, ill concerted, and sometimes even dangerous?

4. The Captains of Sappers will be charged with the detail of their

Companies, and each of them will be accountable to the Commanding Officer of the Engineers, in order that he may always know the State of the Companies, their Strength &ca?

5. Each Company should always have its Tools with it, carried in a Waggon provided for the purpose?The Company should be answerable for all Tools lost?and in case any should be broke, the pieces are to be produced to the Officer to whom the Detail of the Company is committed?

The Camp of the Sappers to be assigned by the Commanding Officer of Engineers adjacent to the place where they are to be employ'd.

Of the Officers. If it be important to choose the Privates in these Companies?it is

much more so to choose the Officers?The Congress ought in my opinion, to think of forming Engineers in this Country to replace us when we

shall be call'd home?The Companies of Sappers now proposed might serve as a School to them?they might there acquire at once the practical part of the Construction of Works and if choice be made of young men

well bred, intelligent and fond of Instruction, we shall take pleasure in

giving them principles upon the choice of Situations, and the method of adapting works to the ground?If His Excellency approves my Plan

?I would advise the speedy execution of it?in order that the Com

panies may have served their Apprenticeship before the opening of the

Campaign? These Companies ought not to be composed of Recruits?but Soldiers

answering the description above should be taken from the Line for the

purpose? While I am employed in representing the defects of my branch of

the Army?I entreat His Excellency to observe that four Engineers are not sufficient?of the four, one is always detached and sometimes

two, which is the case at present?and I am left with only one Officer ?it is impossible for us to do the Service of the Army?There is at York Town a French officer who was brought by Mr DuCoudray and

introduced by him as an Engineer?for my part I do not give him out as such, because he was not in that character in France and has no

such pretensions himself?but he studied with a view to become a

Member of the Corps?he has studied Geometry, understands surveying and Drawing, and therefore might be very useful to us?

I entreat His Excellency to ask the Congress for this Gentleman? he has on his part made applications which have hitherto proved fruit

less?His name is Villefranehe and he brought a particular recommen

dation from General R. How to the President of Congress. (Sign'd?) Chevp du Portail.

Letter op Col. Israel Shreve, New Jersey Continental Line, to His Wife, 1778.?

Camp Valey forge March 3rd 1778.

Dear Polley? A Week ago this Day I Returned to Camp from Jersey, and Received

a Letter Dated Six weeks ago, and sent by Colo: Becker, this Letter was Rather Sevear, and full of Complaints, But upon Recolection

Remember I sent one to you Dated the 20th of January By Capt. Becker, about the same time you Wrote that to me, and hope that Relea ved

you for the present But by this time you must be in Want again, which Gives me Great uneasyness, was in hopes I Could Git Leave

to Come home for a few Days, but General Maxwell has Got Leave




to Go home for three weeks & is to Set off tomorrow, when the Com mand of the Brigade falls to me untill his Return, when I Will Come home If possable, a few Days. I Send this by Mr Osmun my Quarter

master, with three hundred Dollars A sum I hope will Last you a

Little while, I hope to Supply you Better in future I am Likely to have forty Dollars a month aded to my present pay. I hope by this time Chuff and the Children is in Better health, and yourself,

Please to Send me two more Shirts and one Stock and the Coat I Left At the Taylors, the Letter I Wrote by Capt. Becker mentioned your

Comeing to Camp If you Could Convenient, I shall Quarter while maxwell is Gone At Mr John Mitchels where Maxwell now Quarters A

Genteel Place (the Day before yesterday I had the honour to Dine with

General Washington and his Lady. Yesterday I Dined with Lord

Sterling and his Lady.) Do I Desire pay all your Dets in Reading As soon as you Receive this, Write me a Letter by Osmun and tell me

just how Are in every Way, and whether you Can Conveniently Come and See me or not for one or two Weeks, I Shall have a Good house &c. As Colo: Brearly and I Came from Jersey we were near being taken

by the British Light horse, But happaly escaped, Give my Compliments to M Sullivan, Miss Peggy, Miss Kitty, & all

my friends at Reading. I am your faithfull and Loving

Husband, Israel Shreve.

P.S. when I was in Jersey I was at Coopers ferry heard from Mrs.

Williams, who was well, I was at Woodberry Polley Wood and Mary Branson Desired to be Remembered to you, Woodberry Looks very Distressed, my Relations in General was well and mostly Desired to be Remembered to you, If Capt Balding is alive Do Let me know how he

is,?I Come across Some pins and send you a pound they Cost fifty Shillings and Some thread that Come in my way

I. S.

Do Let me know when your Last orders is out for provisions and for Wood.

List of Names of Some of the Vessels Registered at Philadel

phia, 1742-1748.?Batchelor, Indian Queen, Sea Flower, Debby, Molly, Hannah, Humming Bird, Charming Molly, Virgin Queen, Dorothy, Polly, Swift, Charming Sally, Little Gipsy, Pretty Peggy, Three Sisters, Dolphin, Hope, King Tammany, Prosperity, Speedwell, Friendship, Suc

cess, Warrior's Prize, Phoebe, Antelope, Major, Dreadnought, Nancy, Two Sisters, America, Beaver, Prince William, Lark, Neptune, Trial,

Greyhound, Princess Louisa, Ann, Phoenix, Diligence, Industry, Aurora

Eagle, Hawk, Dove, Benjamin, Pearl, Unity, Recovery, Barbados Factor, Salamandor, Mulberry, Ranger, Penrose, Delia, Breeze, Marion, Phila

delphia Galley, Warren, Expedition, Fame, Lisbon Packet, Highlander, Pompey, Hester, Jekyll, Richard, Hamilton, Duke of Cumberland,

Widow, Squirrel, Hampton, Louisa, Jolly, Achilles, City of Derry, William and Jane, Lord Russell, and Lynch.

Dr. George Glentworth, Dunlapfs American Daily Advertiser, Mon

day, November 12, 1792, contains the following obituary notice:? "On Sunday morning, the 4th instant, departed this life, in the 57th

year of his age, universally beloved and lamented, Dr. George Glent

worth; and on Tuesday his remains were interred in the Trinity Vault, in St. Paul's Burial-Ground, attended by the greatest concourse of

respectable citizens ever assembled on a similar occasion. "As a physician, he was eminent and useful; and, to a fine genius,

joined an excellent heart: The qualities of his head held only the




second place in him: They were an ornament to his merit?but not its principal fource.?All who stood in need of his assistance, were the

object of his care, without any distinction:?He visited distress to relieve it, and, in relieving it, made himself always beloved. At the end of each day, he met with the reward of having done some addi tional good action; which gave him a pleasure, that few minds are

capable of enjoying. "As a man, he was tender, affectionate, and amiable; his manners

easy and agreeable; his morals unexceptionable. He always considered it as his duty to give instruction to the ignorant, justice to the injured, and consolation to the afflicted.

"In both characters, everything he did, breathed the spirit of hu

manity?and discovered with the great, the good man. "He was a kind husband and a fond father."

Maryland Continental Line.?The Maryland Journal and Balti more Advertiser, of December 30, 1777, states: "On the 17th. instant we left the main army [at Gulph Mill], under the command of General Small wood, in order to take up our winter quarters here [Wilmington, Del.]. ... On the march to this place our Regiment was in front, all cloathed in red. . . ."

Declaration of Andrew McCalla, formerly of Bucks County, Penna., for a Pension.?We are indebted to the researches of Mrs.

Harry Rogers in the Record and Pension Department, Washington, D. C, for the following declaration of Andrew McCalla for a pension for

military service during the Revolution.

STATE OF KENTUCKY ) ? Q CITY OF LEXINGTON /??*

"On the 12 th day of July 1832, personally appeared in open Court,

before the Mayor of the City of Lexington, now sitting, Andrew McCalla, a resident thereof aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, making the following declaration as to the

several interrogations put to him in pursuance to law in order to

obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed the 7 th June 1832.

"He was born in Plumsted township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on

the 30 th November 1757. There was a family record in which his

birth was recorded, which is now, as he believes in the hands of some

of his brothers or sisters in Philadelphia. "He resided with his father when the Revolutionary War began, and

served five terms of two months each, during the years 1776, 1777 &

1778. He first entered as a private in his father's, Capt. William

McCalla's company in 1776, but was soon appointed Fife Major of the

regiment in which capacity he remained his first term. His second

he served as a substitute for his Uncle John McCalla, still acting as

Fife Major, and of course attached to the regimental Staff.

"Col. John Beattie, commanded the regiment in which he first served, and L* Col. Baxter was also a field officer. He was afterwards killed

at the capture of Fort Washington. He thinks that no regular troops were united to the Militia during that term. General Roberdeau he

thinks was one of the officers, also Col. Arthur Irwin & Col. Stuart, Jacob Bennett also was a staff officer in the Qur Master department. On the day that the Hessians who were captured at Trenton, were

marched into Philadelphia, he was there, then in the service, under

Capt. Hart he believes.

"After Lord Howe's army landed in the Chesapeake, he rendezvoused

at the Trap tavern above Philadelphia, on his third term and in a few

days afterwards was appointed Assistant Surgeon, and joined the Medi




cal Staff under the direction of Dr. Joseph Fenton, of Bucks County, and in that capacity served the balance of his time, which amounted to six months. During that time he was with the army under General

Washington after the British took Philadelphia; was engaged in the battle of Germantown; was with the army a part of the time at White

marsh and Valley Forge; was at CoryeU's ferry the ensuing year about the time of the battle of Monmouth, and whilst there saw General

Lafayette and General Greene cross the river with a body of troops. He never had a commission as Surgeon's Mate or Assistant Surgeon nor has he any written document in relation to his service, but he enjoyed the rank, pay & emoulments of his office as far as was usual in the army.

"He remembers one circumstance which occurred during the seige of Fort Mifflin. Generals Potter and Irwin, Brigade Major Wykoff and other officers, with an escort went down on the western side of the

Schuylkill on a party of observation with whom he was in company; and when they arrived below the Lower ferry, Major Wykoff with a

spy-glass observed the British ships which were then firing on the fort and declared that one of them was in flames. They rode on and over took the rest who had not stopped, and informed them of the fact; and in a short time the Augusta blew up; after the party had gone to

Darby and left there about a mile, the Merlin blew up. He frequently saw and personally knew Generals Washington, Lafayette, Greene, Knox,

Wayne, Lord, Stirling, Maxwell, Arnold and others. "He also knew Colonel Porter of the Artillery, Colonel Lee of the

Virginia horse; also General Conway, from whom he heard a statement as to the causes which lost the battle of Germantown.

"He refers to a statement of his brother John McCalla of Philadel

phia annexed hereto; and if he was in Bucks County, has no doubt but that he could procure other testimony. But as he removed from that

county in 1784 to Kentucky, and has remained here ever since, he knows

not, which, if any of his officers or comrads, who knew his services are still alive.

"He refers to John Parker, Esq., General Thomas Bodley, Major McDowell, Colonel James McDowell, Dr. Richard Prindell and the Hon. Wm T. Barry, as persons who can attest his character for veracity and

their belief of his having served as a soldier of the Revolution. He

hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and that his name is not on the pension roll, or

agency of any State?Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore said.

"Andv McCalla. "I do hereby certify that we reside in the City aforesaid, that we are

well acquainted with Andrew McCalla who has subscribed the foregoing declaration & sworn to the same, that we believe him to be the age which he has stated, that he is and has been reputed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the opinion,

"Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. "Wm R. Morton. "Tho8 Gibbons.

"H. I. Bodley. "I?N. H. Hall, a clergyman residing in the county of Fayette, near

the City aforesaid, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Andrew McCalla who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing de claration, that I believe him to be 74 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution in which opinion I concur.

"28 July 1832. "N. H. Hall.




"As inquiry is made of me concerning my brother Andrew McCalla

serving in the Revolution War, I can state and depose that he was out as a private soldier in our father's company, in Colonel John Beattie's

regiment, while the British were in New York. "Our men were stationed at Amboy. When, on this occasion, our

father Captain William McCalla returned to Philadelphia my brother Andrew McCalla continued a while with the "Flying Camp" which our men were then forming. Afterwards when he was out on a tour, the most of which I think he served in Jersey, I went to Correyll's Ferry to see him. After this he served sometime as Surgeon's Mate to

Dr. Fenton. As I am asked about the length of the time, I can state that I have no doubt that he served more than six months, but how

many months more I cannot recollect. This much I can remember that whether he was a private soldier or Surgeon's Mate, he had a taste for the service, and would rather be in the army than any where else. He

was at the battle of Germantown, and it is my impression that he was out when General La Fayette was wounded at Brandywine.

"John McCalla.

"Sworn at Phila. 13 day July 1832. before Andrew Geyer. A.D.

STATE OF KENTUCKY \ FAYETTE COUNTY J

"Jn? McCalla states that in July last he prepared a statement for his father Andrew McCalla for the purpose of obtaining a pension, but that the said Andrew died November 27-1832 leaving a widow Martha

McCalla (my mother) now residing in my family in the City of

Lexington. "February 2-1833.

"Jn? M. McCalla."

Obituary Notice of Mrs. Susannah Budden.?On Wednesday last, in the 88th year of her age, MRS. SUSANNAH BUDDEN, the relict of capt. Richard Budden, a native of Old England, and so well known for many years by the frequency and safety of his voyages between

London and Philadelphia, that his ship was called the bridge between those two ports; when a young sailor he accompanied Wm. Penn in his last visit to Pennsylvania, and was introduced when a man by his son

Thomas Penn, to king George the 2d: who supposing him, from the

plainness of his dress to be a Quaker, pleasantly addressed him in the

language of that religious society, and directed him to cover his head. The widow of this venerable sea captain survived him five and thirty years, and passed the long evening of her life in a peaceful retirement from the eyes and bustle of the world. Her death and funeral were

announced by the ringing of the bells of Christ Church (muffled), as a

tribute of respect to her worth, and of gratitude to her husband, who

presented the church with the freight of those Bells from London, forty or fifty years ago.

Eight days before she died, she requested to be interred in the same

grave with her husband in Christ Church burying ground (which was

accordingly done last evening), and that the following lines should be

added, with her name, to the words "prepare to follow" which are in?

scribed upon his tombstone.

"I am prepar'd?God called me,

"My Soul I hope, doth rest in thee."

[Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, October 17, 1801.]




?ucriee.

Medical Graduates of the University of Pennsylvania:?Bio

graphical information is asked, or the source whence it can be had, of the following medical graduates of the University of Pennsylvania, for the Alumni Catalogue now preparing. Information may be sent to

Ewing Jordan, M.D., 1510 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Penna.

1839.

Adams, Seth Samuel Fla.

Alden, James M. N. Y.

Archer, Alexander Va.

Basc?me, Daniel B. Turk's Island

Beasley, James Augustus Va.

Bellamy, John Dillard N.C.

Bieber, William Sassaman Pa.

Blunt, Angus Felix Va.

Bourgeat, Joseph B. La.

Bradford, Charles M. N. Y.

Brooks, William D. F. N. J.

Broughton, Charles If. Va.

Burns, Robert Pa.

Chambers, George W. Pa.

Cheshire, John S. Ky. Christian, William Wright Va.

Collins, John Milton N. Y.

Constable, Thomas F. Va.

Crichton, James Edward Va.

Criddle, Edward F. Va.

Cross, William Va.

Daniels, Ezekiel Pa.

Donoho, Richard A. N. C.

Dove, George McCauley D. C.

Dove, James Va.

Downey, John Alexander N. C.

Embree, George W. N.Y.

Evatt, William H. Canada.

Fox, Daniel J. S. C.

Frayser, Benjamin F. Va.

Garland, William Preston Va.

Graves, Nathaniel Slade N. C.

Grifiin, Charles M. Ga.

Griffin, James L. C. Va.

Hamilton, James Sherwood Ga.

Haskins, Richard Edward Va.

Heaton, James Decatur Va.

Henry, Samuel H. Md.

Hill, William A. Va.

Hughes, John S. Va.

Hunter, Alexander Ga.

Hussey, Elijah M. Ala.

Johnston, John G. Ga.

Jones, Alexander Md.

Jones, Randolph M. Md.

Kershaw, Charles S. C.

Laurie, Shepherd D. C.

Lawrence, Thomas C. Miss.

Lyle, William Jones Va.

McKee, Alexander R. Ky. Marthens, Henry C. Pa.

Mason, Robert Harrison Va.

Massenberg, William

Albridgston Va.

Maynard, Joseph P. Barbadoes

Mershon, Sumpter Miss.

Middleton, Benjamin S. Va.

Millan, Lyle Va.

Mitchell, Bruce Hannable Ala.

Mitchell, Moses T. Pa.

Moore, Edward William La.

Moore, James J. S. C.

Moseley, Thomas H. Ga.

Oliver, James L. N. C.

Paschall, Zebulon M. N. C.

Patterson, George W. Pa.

Pegram, William E. Va.

Pleasants, William B. Va.

Pope, Charles Alexander Ala.

Pratt, William F. S. C.

Richardson, John D. Pa.

Ridley, William M. S. N. C.

Roberts, William R. Va.

Robeson, Andrew, Jr. Mass.

Scott, Thomas F. Va. Shackelf ord, John N. C.

Sims, Richards S. Va.

Smallwood, Thomas J. P. N. C.

Smith, Edward Gibbs Pa.

Spalding, Joshua A. Me.

Speece, J. Morton Va.

Spence, William A., Jr. Va.

Stamps, William Lipscomb Va.

Stokes, Thomas D. N. C.

Stone, James B. Va.

Swanson, William G. Ga.

Swartz, Benjamin Franklin Pa.

Talley, Horace Alfred Va.

Taylor, James McDowell Va.

Taylor, John E. Pa.

Taylor, Lyttelton L. Fla.

Trevor, M. Randall Pa.

Tuggle, Richard B. Va.

Vedder, Alexander Marselis N. Y.

Vinson, Daniel S. Pa.

Walker, John Va.

Wendel, James E. Tenn.

Wilkinson, Joseph Biddle La.

Wood, John P. Va.

Yohe, Andrew Pa.




1840.

Addison, Kendall F. Va.

Aldredge, James F. Ga.

Allen, Jonathan M. Mass.

Barry, Thomas Ind.

Battle, Thomas William Ga.

Binford, Walter L. Va.

Blow, William James N. C.

Bolton, Charles Pa.

Booth, William A. Tenn.

Brent, Thomas S. N. C.

Briggs, John Robert Va.

Bryan, Joseph Rhodes Pa.

Byrne, Patrick Henry Ala.

Couthorn, Lucius H. Va.

Childers, Erasmus R. Ga.

Christian, James R. Tenn.

Cole, Merivether H. Tenn.

Cooper, Lewis D. N. C.

Currey, Richard Owen Tenn.

Curtis, Charles F. Ala.

Davis, William L. Ga.

Day, James Lawrence N.J.

Delany, Peter Benson, Jr. Del.

Doggett, John B. N. C.

Donnally, John James Va.

Edmondson, William Jones Va.

Featherston, Edwin C. Tenn.

Flanner, Thomas J. N. C.

Gamble, James H. Ireland

Garrett, Richard W. Ala.

Gee, Lucas Miss.

Glass, Robert Tenn.

Griswold, Alexander S. Mich.

Gunn, Allen N. C.

Hamner, Austin M. Tenn.

Hardy, Benjamin Franklin Pa.

Harrison, George M. 111.

Harrison, John Henry Miss.

Headen, Isaac Brooks N. C.

Herndon, Dabney Va.

Heterick, Alexander B. Va.

Hicks, Benjamin Isaac Va.

Hurt, Thomas Randolph Va.

Inge, Richard Junius Ala.

Irwin, William Taylor Va.

Jackson, William W. Ala.

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Johnson, William Q., M.D. Va.

Jones, George F. Tenn.

Justice, John R. N. C.

Kenney, William H. W. Pa.

King, Nathaniel M. D. C.

Lamar, Thomas Bainbridge Ga.

Lang, Edmund N.Y.

Lawson, Mordecai Va.

Learning, Coleman F. N. J.

Lewis, Elisha Jarrett Pa.

Lewis, John E. Ga.

Lewis, William W. Va.

Lindsay, William Dillon N. C.

McCain, James W. N. C.

McDowell, Augustus Wil liam Pa.

McKee, William H. Pa.

McLane, George Read Del.

Martin, William F. B. Va.

Marye, James Burton Va.

Mather, George La.

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Pugh, Joseph Hill La.

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Rawlings, George C. Va.

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Read, Adolphus W. Va.

Roberson, David Ga.

Roberts, John W. Va.

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Scruggs, Robert A., M.D. Va.

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Tuck, William J. Va.




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Walker, Thomas Lindsay Va. Woodson, William Moncure Va.

Weaver, James Tenn.

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Americans," who have achieved greatness in different fields of endeavor, and the writers who have been selected have shown that they have an

appreciation of what makes really good juvenile literature. Nathan Hale is an attractive little volume and well worth reading, for the manner in which is given the romantic career and fearless death of this interesting figure of our revolutionary history.

America to Japan. A symposium of papers of representative citizens of the United States on the relations between Japan and America, and on the common interests of the two countries. Edited by Lindsay Russell. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. 12mo, pp. 318. Illustrated.

This is the companion volume to "Japan to America," edited by N.

Masaoka, and issued by the Japan Society of America. It consists of

fifty-two contributions on America's relations with Japan, social, poli tical, economic and literary, and special problems of interest to the two

peoples discussed by representative American statesmen, publicists, mem bers of the legal fraternity and the pulpit, educators, merchants, and

manufacturers. These two books should help to remove misunderstand

ing and to insure the continuance and development of a mutual and

friendly public sentiment, and to that end they will be widely circulated in both countries.

Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, Secretary of State to Charles II. By Violet Barbour, Ph.D. Washington, D. C, 1914. 8vo, pp. 303.

The Ministers of Charles II were not chosen for their honesty, nor were they retained in office for services rendered the State, but those men the King advanced, were always intelligent and sometimes ex

ceptionally able. For twelve years Arlington served as Secretary of

State, and no measure of importance was contemplated by the govern ment without his participation, and in questions of foregn policy his



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